Psychometric evaluation of a cross-culturally adapted felt stigma questionnaire among people living with HIV in Kenya

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 481-488

  Kingori, Caroline ^a   Reece, Michael ^b   Obeng, Samuel ^b   Murray, Maresa ^b   Shacham, Enbal ^c   Dodge, Brian ^b   Akach, Emannuel ^d   Ngatia, Peter ^d   Ojakaa, David ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FELT STIGMA QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATING; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883139400     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0403     Document Type: Article

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